A celebration at the Nashville Airport in front of the American Airlines Astojet. Pictured left to right are: Judge Beverly Briley, unidentified man, and Mayor Ben West, celebrating the jet flight out of Nashville on June 11th, 1961. The signage...

A twenty-two page pamphlet put out by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of enticing business owners to locate their businesses in Nashville. Content includes statistics on population, economy, business, transportation, taxes, cost...

A photograph of Sylvan Park Freewill Baptist Church located at 4701 Wyoming Avenue in the Sylvan Park neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. The foundation is made of cinderblocks. The exterior walls are brick. The roof is gabled with shingles. ...

M. Werthan and Company was founded by Meier Werthan in 1895. He was originally in the business of buying, reconditioning, and selling used burlap bags. By 1913, the business expanded into the manufacture of new textile bags, made of cotton fabric...

A portrait photograph of Elizabeth Burgess Buford, a prominent educator and founder of Buford College, a school for young ladies that was first established in Clarksville, Tennessee in the 1880s and subsequently moved to Nashville in 1901. This...

A photograph of Lesli Bills’s car after flooding caused an explosion in her Pennington Bend home during the May 2010 flood in Nashville. Lesli Bills and her friend Billy Heldenberg were rescued by a man on a jetski shortly before Lesli's home...

A published photo of the used car business of Capitol Chevrolet, from the Nashville Times (1940). The automobile dealership is cited in the 1941 City Directory with “C. N. Rolfe, Jr. Pres; W. H. Gourley, V-Pres.; Minos Cox, Sec-Treas, Chevrolet...

An original will of Margaret E. Alexander, dated August 12th, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the DeKalb County Court during the November term, 1911. Forms part of Record Group 16,...

A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...

An original will of Frances R. Autin, “widow of William T. Autin,” dated October 21st, 1915. Illustrates the first page of the document. Autin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on November 15th, 1918. Forms part of...

An original will of Mrs. Victoria A. Baldwin, dated May 19th, 1919. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baldwin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on July 23rd, 1919. Among the named beneficiaries in Baldwin’s...

William E. Beard was born in 1873 at Estill Springs, Tennessee, son of Captain Richard and Maria L. Dromgoole Beard of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. During his career he was a soldier, journalist, war correspondent, naval historian, and long-time...

Pictured: “Two privates, Robert E. Cooke, Chattanooga, and Charles F. Britton, Michigan, make an early purchase at the Camp Forrest canteen from the smiling clerks, Clara Hill, Chattanooga, and Margie Green, also of Chattanooga.” Source: Nashville...